The designers thriving right now changed how they think before they changed how they work.
UX 1.0 was built around scarcity. AI dissolved the scarcity entirely — and the discipline is being corrected.
A working set of principles for designing with restraint, and keeping the message ahead of the styling.
Everyone is asking which AI tools designers should learn. Nobody is asking whether the role itself needs to change.
A short field note on restraint, and why the strongest statement is usually the quietest one in the room.